Time-recorder.



' F. T. RILEY.

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APPLIUATION FILED MAY 15. 1911.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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F. T. RILEY.

TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1am

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TIME RECORDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY15, 1911.

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FRANK 'r. RILEY, r mess crrx, mxs'souni l 'r'menscozmxn.

To allwhom it may concern: 7 I

Be a known that I, Felix-praises,

.' a citizen 'of the United States, residing at I showing the time of startingand stepping:

,work on a job.

Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Recorders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable. others skilled in the art to which it' appertains to make and use the same, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, .which form a part of this specification;

My inventioil relates to a recorder and more particularly'to a device for use in printing offices, machine shops and the like, whereit is desirable to secure a record of: the exact time expended on ievery 'piece of work that is done. I

It is the principal object of' my invention" to provide a 0100 actuated device'compris ing means for carrying" a ticketand meansfor exposingthe-ticket at a point; xed rel'a -tive tothe clock, so that check'm rks may be made on the ticket at 'inte'rvals-of time,

It is a further object of my in ventionto provide the apparatus 1w h-a. printing mechanism including a time wheel which J jects which will be mentioned in the descrip-- 'prints continuously on theticket, and isadapted forv automatioreturnjto a starting point when each entryis made.

In accomplishing these and the other Ob tion'o f my inventions- I haveprovided'the improved details of structure fwhicl'l will wherein: V l

Figure I is a perspective view of a time presently be fully described and are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

recorder constructed according to my invention. Fig. II is a longitudinal section of same, on the line IIII, F ig. III. Fig. III is a cross section on the line IIIIII,

Fig. II. Fig. IV is a similar view on the line IVIV, Fig. II. Fig. V is a similar view on the line V- V, Fig. II the dotted lines showing the lid and printin mechanism turned back to expose the c ock and v 1 s ec fics a h meme-ram. Application tiled n 1:, 1911. ,seriai no. 821,1 21

I Patented Mar. 1 1 1913.

view of the keeper for retaining the job ticket on the drum. Fig. VII is'a' view of a form of job. ticket which may be used with the recorder, the figures on the body of the ticket; representing the job numbers which are placed on the ticket by the op erator, and the figures inthe columns at the edge of the ticket being printed there- ,on by the printing mechanism and representing the time spent onthe job indicated by thenumber at the "head of the column.

The heavy lineson the ticketindicat'ehour marked. thereon, asshown.

,periods, and preferably have hournumerals Referring more in detail to the parts} 1- designates a casewhich is preferably rec-- itaiigular -and comprises a bottom 2, back 3 and ends 4, the frontand top being exposed. In'one end of case 1- is 9.11 0 ning 5i for exposing the face 6 'of-a cloc mechanismtifcket drum. Fig- VI i5 Meala ses 7, which is permanently fixed 'tothe case by Y any suitable means Ti ndv has afmain'shaft 8 e-Xtendedthrough the interior ofthe casing and journaled' in a bearing 9 on the site end thereof. Fixed on the shaft-8 is a drum 10, which is of such'diameter as to. pract cally fill "the interior-o'fthe case an d ia's an extended circumferential face. Ex-' tending longitudinally ml 11, and hinged-toils; periphery of the drum, adjacent to said channel, is a plate 12, having a'block 13 adapted to fit snugly iwithin the channel and hold the end of a.

ticket. 14 therein (Fig. III).

"Attached to the inside of the back member 3, of the case, near the top,-are bearingn emhers 15' in WhiCl'l 'fl shaft 16 is revolubly mounted. Fixedto shaft 16am arms 17 which extend toward the drum and carry a roller 18 which is adapted for en aging'thc ticket on said and hol ing same against the periphery thereof, said roller be.

throughout; the length of the drum 10 is a down set chaii' ing pressed toward the drum by a spring 19 which is adaptedto bear against one of thebearings 15 and on one of said arms. 7

On the inner end (if drum '10 is a flange 21, which extends from the periphery of the drum and forms a stop against which the edge of the job ticket may be placed, to

secure a cerrect 'alineme'ntof the printin On the end of the drum is a collar 22 whic is. of less diameter, than the drum, andfixed to the clock shaft, and also preferably connected with the collar, 'is'a wide gear wheel 23, which is of substantially the same diameter as the drum, but spaced therefrom by the collar 22 to form an annular groove 24.

Hinged to the upper ed e of the-back member of the .cloc case, y. members 25,

, is a lid 26, having a front member 27 adaptedt o close against the front. of thecase, so as to entirely inclose the clock and the drum parts. I'preferabl. provide the front memer 27 with, hand es 28, by '-,Whl0h the lid may be lifted and replaced.

29 designates a slot in lid 26, which is '10 cated over the central part of the drum, so

that access may be had therethrough to the ticket 14, the material at'the front and back edges of the slot being turned down to form lips 30 for rotectingthe ticket and drum. In lid 26, as the gear 23 and a part of the drum, is an opening 31. Mounted on lid 26, back of the opening 31 is a bracket 32 having upturned arms 33, in which a shaft-34 is journaled' The central part of shaft34 is squared and carries the hub 35 of a yoke 36, so that said hub may slide lon itudinally, but is turned withthe shaft. T e arms -of yoke 36 project forwardly, and fixedin said'arms, over the center of opening 31, is.a shaft37.

Revolubly mounted on shaft 37 is a sleeve 38, to the forward-end of which. is fixed a t pe disk 39, and to the rear end of which is ed a car wheel 40. .On the periphery of type dis 39 are raised numerals, preferabl running from one to six and spaced at equa distances apart around the periphery of the disk. Also mounted on t e, peri hery of said disk and spaced laterally rorn the numerals, just mentioned, are other numerals representing six minute periods for each hour, that is, between the hour numerals one and two, and likewise between the other .hour numerals, the spaces are divided into ten periods and these periods numbered 61218, etc., upto 54. The gear wheel 40 is adapted to mesh with the wide gear on the clock shaft, so that the parts will be driven with the clock and the characters on the type disk be printed on the ticket, which is attached to the drum.

In order to retain the type disk in print- .ing relation to the drum, .and the gear 40 in jacent to slot 29 and exposing disk, andhaving rolling contact therewi diately" back of the type t 44, which is enga ed by the type.on the pcis an inking roller riphery of the dis so thatink is supplied to the carriers to enable them ticket. i

In order to secure an accurate record of the time spent on a job, the machine should stop charging time against that job when the workman has stopped working on it. As the printing'mechanism records the acto print on the tual time spent on a job, instead of the time when work starts'and the work .is discon-j tinned, I providethe machine with means for returning the type wheel to a starting point when each entry' .is made on the ticket, so that when a workman finishes one job and starts another, the printing mechanism is returned to a startin point when the entry of the new -job num er is made. This reversing. mechanism comprises a spring45 -which is located within the sleeve 38 and is iixed at its inner end to theshaft 37 and at ts outer end to a pin 45 that is carried by the gear and .typewheels and extends through the sleeve 38, so that when the gear wheel is revolved b the gear on the clock shaft, the sprin wi l'be tensioned. Mounted on the top 0 the case lid is a spring arm. 46, having a downturned stop member 46' which is projected into the annular groove 24 betweenithe clock drum and gea 23 d is adapted forengagement by a riedby and extendin between th gear wheels in 47 is arranged near the peripheries of the wheelsand opposite the zero mark-on the typewheel 39', so that when the printing mechanism is freed from its driving connection with the-drum, such mechanism will be revolved backwardly by the spring 45 until the pin engages its stop.

Torelease the gearing from the drum,,.[

provide the shaft 34 with a crank member 48, which is fixed thereto and is connected by a link 49 with a cover plate 50 thatis hinged to the case lid at the edge of the slot 29, and is adapted for covering said slot when the printing mechanism is in operative relation to the clock shaft. Plate 50 is provided with a handle member 51, by which it may belifted when the workman desires to record a job number on the ticket carriedby the inclosed drum.

As the workman makes a record when he stops work on a job, to go to another job or at the end of a working period, the printing mechanism is usually returned to starting point at the end of periods not exceeding six hours. In order, however, to relieve the clock mechanism from an undue strain at night, or other times when the clock is opeu ating but no records are being made, I have arranged to break the driving connection be tween the clock shaftand printing mechanism gear when the printing mechanism has been operating continuously for six hours. To accom lish this result, I make the gear wheel s ightly more than half the diameter of the clock gear 23 and provide a blank space 52 adjacent to the zero position, so that when the ar 40 has revolved until the blank space is over the clock shaft gear, the printing mechanism gear will be out of mesh and idle. In order to hold the printing mechanism gear against return travel under tension of the spring 45, I provide the collar 38 with a peripheral boss 53, having a curved face adapted to ass over the spring stop 46 and a holding ace adapted for engagement with the outer end of same, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. IV. It is apparent that when the parts are in this position, the printing mechanism will be out of mesh wit-h the clock shaft gear and that such mechanism will be held against backward movement until released by the lifting of lid 50, or of the case lid.

In order that a record may be kept of productive time, that is time actually spent in productive work on a particular job, such as the setting of type or press work in printing otlices, and also a separate record of unproductive work, such as repairing or cleaning machinery, or the like, I provide the job tickets with separate columns for each class of work and adapt the printing mechanism for adjustment on its shaft, so that the printing disk may be moved over either of said columns, the adjustment being made without releasing the printing mechanism from its operative connection with the clock shaft.

The case lid may, if desired, be provided with a suitable look (not shown), so that i as only the proprietor or foreman of the shop may have access to the interior thereof.

In using the device, it is preferable to provide same with a blank job ticket at the beginning of each working day, so that a workman may record the number of the job upon which he starts in the morning and a record may in that way be kept of his time throughout the da The tickets may be printed with the li r characters marked thereon, and the drum arranged, so that the first line of the ticket is ex osed beneath the cover slot at the hourw en a shop is supposed to start the days work. In this wa the device -may answer the pur ose of a c ecking in clock, as the ticket wil show the time when an entry is made.

In order to expose the ticket so that the number of the job may be marked thereon,

the workman must first lift the cover plate 50 to expose the part of the ticket located below the slet' 'in the case lid. When this plate is lifted, the printing mechanism is raised out of contact with the drum and gear, so that the driving connection is broken and the spring turns the mechanism back to the zero point. When the number of the job is recorded, the late is released and falls back to cover t e slot, the printing mechanism being simultaneously lowered,

so that the disk is in printing relation to the part of the ticket on the end of the drum, and the gear 40 brought into mesh with the gear on the clock shaft. The printing mechanism is then revolved with the clock and an exact record of the time spent on that job is started.

As illustrative of the use of the machine, presume a workman to have done productive work on a particular job for one hour and twelve minutes, and then taken thirty minutes to repair a machine, or do other work not productive for that job, the record should read as illustrated on the ticket shown in Fig. VII; the printing mechanism having been moved laterally on its shaft at the end of the one hour and twelve minute period to record the non-productive time. If at the end of the thirty minute period the workman had started a new job, it would be necessary for him to lift the cover plate to record the new job member, so that the printing mechanism would be thrown out of its driving connection with the clock and moved back to the zero point by the spring 45, so that the time would egin with new six minute periods and the ob ticket show, by the heavy rulings, the time, that a job was started and the time it was finished, and also, by the printed record, the actual number of hours and minutes that was spent on the job.

At times when the recorder would not be used, such as at night or on holidays, the printing mechanism would continue to be revolved by the clock shaft after it had completed a full revolution and continue to wind its spring, until the binder would become too great for the clock spring to carry, 1f 11; were not for the releasing mechanism described. With this mechanism, as the printing disk nears the completion of its revolution, the boss 53 on the drum 38will pass over the spring stop 46 and the plain space of the gear wheel be brought over the gear on the clock shaft, so that the driving connection between the gears is broken. The spring 45 then holds the boss 53 against the stop until the printing mechanismhas been lifted by lifting the cover plate, or the 11d of the case, when themechanism is returned to zero, as before described, and the recorder again placed in condition for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a time recorder, the combination with a" clock mechanism, of a drum actuated by said mechanism for carrying a ticket, a case covering said drum, a printing roller mounted on said case and provided with a restricted opening for providing access to a fiarranged on said casing adjacent the openticket carried by said means, and means disposed on said ticket carrying drum for actuating said roller.

2. In a time recorder, the combination with a clock mechanism, having an extended shaft and casing, a drum mounted on said shaft within said casing, said casing being 'ded With a restricted opening for prong access to the drum, a printing roller mg, and means on said drum for actuating the printing roller.

3. In a time recorder, the combination with a clock mechanism, having a drum adapted for carrying a ticket, a casing, a

printing roller mounted on said casing, and a gear carried by said drum for actuating said printing roller..

4. In a time recorder, the combination with a clock mechanism having an extended shaft adapted for actuation by said mechanism, of a ticket drum mounted on said shaft and actuated thereby, a slotted cover for said drum, and a roller mounted on said cover and adapted for actuation by said drum and for pressing a ticket against the drum.

5. In a time recorder, the combination with a clock mechanism having an extended shaft, of a drum disposed on said shaft and adapted for actuation by said mechanism, said drum having a. longitudinal channel in its periphery, a plate hinged to the outer face of said drum adjacent to said channel, and a block mounted on said plate and adapted for projection into said drum.

6. A time recorder comprising a time controlled motor, a printing mechanism adapted for operative connection with said motor, means for relieving said mechanism from such operative connection, and means for returning the printing mechanism to a zero 9. A time recorder comprising a suitable case, a clock mechanism located 1n said case and having an extended shaft, a drum fixed on said shaft, :1 gear on said shaft, said case bein slotted to expose a part of said drum, a printing mechanism operatively connected with said shaft and adapted for revolution in proximit to said drum, means for returning sai printing mechanism to a zero position upon its disconnection with said clock shaft, a plate covering the slot in said case, and means connectin the plate and printing mechanism, where y the latter is disconnected with said shaft upon the lifting of said plate, for the purpose set forth.

10. A time recorder comprising a clock mechanism having an extended shaft, a printing mechanism operatively connected with said shaft, said mechanism being hinged to swing out of its operative connection, a spring for returning said printing mechanism to a zero position, and means for turning said printing mechanism on its hinge. 11. A time recorder comprisin a suitable case having a slot in its upper ace, a time controlled motor located within said case and having a drum adapted for revolution below said slot, a bracket mounted on said case, a yoke ivotally mounted in said bracket, a sha t carried by said yoke, a printing mechanism comprising a drum and a type disk, the latter being adapted for revolution in close proximity to said drum, :1 spring fixed on said shaft and on said drum and adapted for tensioning said printing mechanism in one direction, means for driving said printing mechanism from said motor, against the tension of said spring, a hinged late adapted for covering the case slot, and a link connecting said plate with said yoke, for the purpose set forth.

point upon the breaking of its operative eons nection.

7. In a time recorder, a clock mechanism having an'extended shaft, a drum fixed on and adapted for revolution with said shaft, means for attaching a ticket to said drum, means on said shaft for driving a printing mechanism, and a printing mechanism comprising a disk adapted for revolution in proximity to the drum and means for connection with the driving device on said shaft, said printing mechanism being adapted for automatic return to a zero position upon the breaking of its driving connection.

8. A time recorder comprising a clock mechanism having an extended shaft, a drum, a driving gear, fixed on said shaft, and means for attachin a ticket to said drum, :1 rinting mec anism revolubly mounted a ove the drum having means adapted for operative connection with said ar, and means for tensioning said print- 12. A time recorder comprising a case controlled motor located within said case and having a suitable shaft, a drum fixed on said shaft and adapted for revolution below said openings, a type casing and adapted for printing through one of said openings, 0. gear wheel on the motor shaft, :1. gear wheel connected with said type disk and ada ted to mesh with said motor gear, said isk gear having a plain portion on its periphery, a sto on said case, a boss on said disk adapte for engagement with said stop, a spring attached to said fixed shaft and to said disk for returning the printing mechanism to a zero position after its actuation through said gears, means on said bracket shaft for retaining the printing mechanism in o ration position, a crank on said bracket 5 aft, a plate coverin one of the openings in said case, and a lin connecting said plate with mg mechanism toward a zero position.

said crank, for the purpose set forth.

disk mounted on said having openings in its upper face, a time i 13. A time recorder comprising a time controlled motor, a drum adapted vfor actuation by said motor, means for attaching a ticket to said drum, a roller adapted for pressing said ticket on the periphery of said drum, a printing mechanism adapted for actuation from said motor and comprising a type disk adapted for printing on said ticket, means for yieldingly tensioning 10 said printing mechanism toward a zero poin presence 0 two witnesses.

FRANK T. RILEY.

\Vitnesses MYRTLE M. JACKSON, ARTHUR W; CAPs. 

